Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) in #AYEARATHON

Jun 29, 2013 Michelle (MichelleBookAddict) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling. 4.5★

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I have been rereading this series.

This took me longer to read then the previous books. This is just as much action as the 7th book is. There is some bits where Harry is teaching the D.A. group (his friends and others) how to fight magically. And the duels and chase scene are great suspenseful action.

I love this storyline and Rowling's Magic fantasy world. Order of the Phoenix, I think, is Rowing's most complex b 2013
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling. 4.5★

♦♦Some Spoilers♦♦

I have been rereading this series.

This took me longer to read then the previous books. This is just as much action as the 7th book is. There is some bits where Harry is teaching the D.A. group (his friends and others) how to fight magically. And the duels and chase scene are great suspenseful action.

I love this storyline and Rowling's Magic fantasy world. Order of the Phoenix, I think, is Rowing's most complex book. She tries (sometimes too much) to show that Harry is no longer a kid. There is a lot of character coming of age development here. She gives some good hints and a lot of foreshadow to what's to come in the next books. But I think that they're only noticeable after rereading the series.

"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. . . " - Dumbledore

The theme of the series is always Harry and Voldermort's connection. But this book changes pace from that. The quote of Dumbledore's says it all about Order of the Phoenix theme. Rowling shows that there are other evils in Harry's world then just Voldermort. The main villain is Dolores Umbridge, in which i really loath because Harry does too. I see upon rereading this that there are other villains too. The main villain is ignorance, because that's exactly what Voldermort uses to keep his existence a secret. I liked that.

So like I said, this book took me longer to read. So to help me get as close to the June deadline as I could, I listened to the Jim Dale audio book while reading this. Of course, sa soon as I got to the last four chapters, I no longer needed to listen and read at the same time. So it was just the middle that was a bit long in my opinion.

And the comparison between the book to movie is just like comparing apples to oranges. Like it would've been nice to see the Weasley Swamp monument or Peeves chasing Umbridge out of Hogwarts (the way it's described in the book is quite funny). ...more

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May 26, 2017 Frances rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This book is always the part of the Harry Potter reread where I get a bit less excited.

As books go, it's excellent. As Harry Potter books go, it's my 7th favourite.

However, on this rereading, I didn't find it so '4 star'. It's a solid book and some great things happen. Umbridge is hateful but she's one hell of a character. I think it was always the ending that threw me off.

I first read this when I was 14 (coincidentally, 14 years ago) and I couldn't make head nor tail of what went down in the ...more

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Jan 10, 2015 Michelle (Bookaholic Banter) rated it it was amazing

Finally finished this behemoth of a book! 850 long pages worth! There wasn't ine single dull moment. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this installment of the Harry Potter series. Just wish I could have finished it a lot sooner. ...more

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Sep 02, 2013 Liisajohanna rated it it was amazing

Amazing! It was so long, but I woulden't delete a scene! Even though this was amazing, I think I'm gonna take a little break from these books (trying to save the rest for the rest of the year) so I can move on with some other books! This book took a whole month to itself, so now i gotta show some love and care to my other books!! <3 ...more

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